Filipino Composer Felipe Padilla de Leon Quiz

Filipino Film Directors and Artists

• Gerardo De Leon is the most awarded film director in the history of Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences (FAMAS) Awards.
• He produced classics such as “Daigdig ng Mga Api,” “El Filibusterismo,” “Dyesebel,” and “Sisa.”
• Ishmael Bernal is known as “the genius of Philippine cinema” and is recognized for his films that serve as social commentaries and bold reflections on the existing realities of the struggle of the Filipino.
• His notable films include “Pahiram ng Isang Umaga” (1989), “Broken Marriage” (1983), “Himala” (1982), “City After Dark” (1980), and “Nunal sa Tubig” (1976).
• Roland Allan K.Poe, also known as Fernando Poe, Jr., was a cultural icon and a cinema artist and craftsman who projected the image of the underdog in his films.
• His films include “Apollo Robles (1961),” “Batang Maynila (1962),” “Mga Alabok sa Lupa (1967),” “Batang Matador and Batang Estibador (1969),” “Ako ang Katarungan (1974),” “Tatak ng Alipin (1975),” “Totoy Bato (1977),” “Asedillo (1981),” “Partida (1985),” and “Ang Probisyano (1996).”

Filipino Performing Artists

• Leonor Orosa-Goquingco was dubbed “Trailblazer,” “Mother of Philippine Theater Dance” and “Dean of Filipino Performing Arts Critics.”
• She produced highly original choreographies like “TREND: Return to Native,” “In a Javanese Garden,” “Sports,” “VINTA!,” “In a Concentration Camp,” “The Magic Garden,” “The Clowns,” “Firebird,” “Noli Dance Suite,” “The Flagellant,” “The Creation…” and the dance epic “Filipinescas: Philippine Life, Legend and Lore.”
• Orosa brought native folk dance, mirroring Philippine culture from pagan to modern times, to its highest stage of development.

Filipino Composers

• Antonio J. Molina introduced innovations such as the whole tone scale, pentatonic scale, exuberance of dominant ninths and eleventh chords, and liner counterpoints in his music compositions.
• His most familiar composition is Hating Gabi, a serenade, and other works include Misa Antoniana Grand Festival Mass, Ang Batingaw, Kundiman- Kundangan, and Larawan Nitong Pilipinas.
• He has written several marches such as the “Triumphal March,” “Echoes of the 02 Handout 1,” “History Fantasy,” “Second Symphony in E-flat,” “Echoes from the Philippines,” and “Ode to Freedom.”
• His orchestral music compositions include “Concert Overture,” “Prelude and Fugue in G Minor,” “Philippines Triumphant, Mindanao Sketches,” and “Symphony in C Major.”
• Felipe Padilla de Leon Filipinized western music forms and his sonatas, marches, and concertos have become full expression of the sentiments of the Filipino in times of strife and peace.
• Ernani J. Cuenco brought contemporary Filipino music to a higher level with his works “Bato sa Buhangin,” “Inang Bayan,” “Isang Dalangin,” “Kalesa,” and “Pilipinas.”
• Cuenco enriched the Filipino love ballad by adding elements of kundiman to his song “Gaano Kita Kamahal.”